cubiculum

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/kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/

noun

A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.

OriginLatin cubiculum →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nouncubiculum (plural cubiculums or cubicula)

plural cubiculums · plural cubicula

  1. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
  2. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

Origin

  1. Latincubiculum“bedroom”
  2. Englishcubiculum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

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Translations

Bulgarian погребална камера
  • погребална камера (pogrebalna kamera)catacomb room
Italian cubicolo, cubicolo
  • cubicolocatacomb room
  • cubicolosmall room
Cite this entry
APA

cubiculum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cubiculum

MLA

“cubiculum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cubiculum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cubiculum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cubiculum.

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